CoasterBuzz Forums: NoLimits

Conflicts with iTunes 7?

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:43:25 GMT

Does anyone listen to iTunes while running the simulator (1.55)? I've never had a problem until I upgraded to iTunes 7.0, and now the songs are very glitchy and even play about 20% faster then they should. Has anyone else had this problem?

Wooden Car Texture Templates

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:50:04 GMT

http://www.stoneentertainment.com/nolimits/Woody_Templates.zip

For those of you interested in creating your own custom car textures for your wooden coasters you may have noticed that new textures are exceedingly complex. For this reason we are providing professional car texture templates specifically for the wooden coaster types. The templates come in three file types..

24bit BMP
32bit TGA
32bit PSD (layer mask)

The PSD files are for Photoshop only. They contain the masked layers labled according to the part of the car they represent.

The template are color coded image files. To view how the areas of the template apply to the parts of the cars, simply apply one the TGA templates as a custom car texture in the Editor, then view in the Sim.

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Kevin Stone
NoLimits Dev Team
http://www.nolimitscoaster.de

My Nolimits American Eagle POV vids

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:54:31 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/user/TiggerCoaster#p/u/0/70P4lVa0Ov0

Figured I should share them, since this forum is hoppin! I accidentally deleted the entire Nolimits file, curses for not backing up. But am working on a new one, will finish soon, and hope to get a nice compilation/off ride video, with music of course, done.

How to change the front of the train/logo?

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:53:08 GMT

I know it's been done alot, but can't figure it out. Specifically, how do I change the front/logo for a wooden coaster?

Thanks guys

'what a desolate place this is' cried C-3PO

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:37:01 GMT

Anyone know of any nolimits sites or forums that stay up to date? Or any that I won't get called names for asking questions?

Thanks

Problem with download - colors don't show up

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:29:43 GMT

When I download this great looking track of the Santa Cruz Giant Dipper, complete with red catwalks (how?)

http://nolimits-exchange.com/coaster/354/giant-dipper-santa-cruz-beach-boardwalk

Then ride it using my nolimits program, the red catwalks are gone, and the structure (and catwalks) are grey!? And the track is orange, not red. WTF?

I know I'm missing something here, obvious to some, but still trying to 'get' this program... thanks guys

Custom wooden supports?

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:55:14 GMT

I still haven't totally figured out the Auto wood supports, but have played with it. How can I change the spacing, height between ribbon boards, etc.? In essence, create supports where I want them on a coaster?

I'm wanting to do this b/c I'm working on an accurate coaster design, so would like the correct spacing. I'm pretty sure most ribbon boards on woodies are 6' apart, and I'm getting ledgers are about 8 feet wide and there is about 9' from ledger to ledger. The coaster I'm working on is American Eagle, and I think spacing between ledgers on new coasters may be tighter, anyone else come up with anything or think about this stuff? Thanks

Exporting track data from No Limits to CAD Software

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:22:36 GMT

Hello. Does anyone know if there is a to export No Limits track data(points, splines...) to use in a real modeling software such as CATIAV5? CATIA is a CAD software that gives the ability to do detail designfor every part on the roller coaster including stressanalysis. But without NoLimits it is very time consuming to get aquality track in a small amount of time. CATIA can read a number ofdifferent file types including .iges, step, .stp, .3dxml, .cgm, andmore. Is there an easy way to convert a NL track file to any of these types?

Need help making supports for steel coasters

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:21:17 GMT

This has been driving me nuts over the past couple days since I'm currently working on a B&M hyper but am having no luck in placing supports...is there any auto support utility available that can generate steel supports similar to the in game version that only creates wooden ones?

I'm also looking for some good tutorials for doing steel supports since the ones I've found so far have been of no real help at all.

Underground tunnels

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:37:28 GMT

I just got No Limits recently (very late in the game lol) and I have been working on a nice mine coaster. It's very close ot being finished. I have only one huge problem...

I have a tunnel that goes underground. The problem is that the coaster runs into and right through the land. It doesn't look nice. I just want a simple underground tunnel. Is it possible or will I have to fix the land to be under the tunnel?

If anyone views the No Limits forum anymore, please help.

Savage---TGG terrain coaster

Tue, 26 May 2009 18:07:21 GMT

Savage is a TGG woodie that never lets up.

With nearly 6,000ft oftrack, a 170ft lift hill, and speeds of up to 67mph, Savage is one ofthe wildest rides you will ever experience. Because of its setting,back in the deep woods of Mississippi, surprises await you around everyturn.

Savage has a great blend of high and low banked turns,strong lateral and positive g-forces, and more than a dozen moments ofairtime. This is definitely one insane, untamed beast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvCI_r9GPFg

Hammerhead---B&M Hyper

Sat, 16 May 2009 19:19:29 GMT

Hammerhead is a large B&M Hyper that I have created for a contest over at another site.

The coaster is 217ft tall, 5413ft long, and reaches speeds of over 80mph. It also features more than 10 moments of airtime.

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=8243e969afe1faa936df4e8dca141969...eaa7bc68bc

Enjoy your ride!

Buying a new PC and need some opinions

Fri, 15 May 2009 16:25:21 GMT

I am looking at several new HP pcs I want to purchase and of course I want to run No Limits on which ever one I pick. I am leaning towards a AMD 64 x2 2.7ghz with 3gb of ram. I know I will have to buy and install a videocard because the current set up won't cut it.

I guess my question is does the above processor and speed sound like it will cut it and what video card would all of you recommend I install? Now money is a little bit of an issue so I can't go nuts with a videocard. Maybe $150.00 max.

Model of pc can be viewed here...

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/HP-Pavilion-a6532f-Desktop-PC-KT374AA-ABA/sem/rpsm/oid/213651/catOid/-12962/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

Important Question

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:01:05 GMT

I plan on buying no limits soon and I downloaded the demo and couldn't figure it out. So heres my question: Does the full version of No Limits have a tutorial. When I know it does I'll buy it.

I'm bout to give up!!!!!

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:08:34 GMT

I just got NL yesturday and I'm very confused with this game. I'm an exspert with RCT2, but this NL game is totally different. It's even hard using the turorial..lol. I guess I'll keep practicing and hopefully i'll get it 1 day, but it just seems impossible to make my coasters realistic like others, does any1 have any pointers.. please help. Also where do i find the 1.0 patch to download so i can get all the patches up to 3.0.

The Patriot -- wooden giant!

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:40:11 GMT

The Patriot

The Patriot is a giant wooden roller coaster, that in real life, would probably be a modern RCCA project. Hopefully though, they have improved on this one!

This is my first coaster that I have (attempted to make) a custom station for, and my first *hand-made* heartline.

Stats:
-180ft tall
-170ft drop
-5089ft long
-70mph
-12.11 seconds of airtime

Elements include: 60+ degree drop, 145ft diving turn, 103ft camelback hump, 124ft double-down, 540 degree rosebowl

With all of these heart-pumping factors, The Patriot is sure to take you on a ride you won't forget!

Click for POV

Getting Rid of The Dreaded Pump

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:14:43 GMT

I have recently got somewhat better at making tracks in NL. It suddenly starts to fall into place, of course with the help of some CB members. However, I am still having a problem getting rid of the dreadful "pump". I try all the views and am having such a hard time getting rid of this odd happening. Anyone have some suggestions?? I get it nearly gone but there's always something just a little off. It happens more so when the track is coming out of a bank in addition with a drop or incline.

Thanks

Need the Old Patches and Updates, Please Help

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:42:52 GMT

I bought NL when it first came out. I saved it to a cd with my key and all. That PC crashed so I installed NL from my disk on to my laptop. It is the original version. I downloaded the 1.5 or 1.55 update and received an error message. What I am thinking or asking is do I have to install each update they came out with in order of release? If so, I looked on NL website and can not find the older updates. Does anyone know how or where I can get these???

Thanks

How Do you do a tunnel test

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:59:46 GMT

I read on nolimits sites about tunnel test and I have no idea what that means or how you do them. How do you?

How can I fix the wackyness in my NoLimits silumator?

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:38:31 GMT

Last night, I was going through my computer deleting a lot of things that I don't use or that I didn't think I needed (about 10 Gigs worth). I never went near my NoLimits folders, but when I start my simulator, first off, the loading screen text is all jumbled, then in the simulator itself, the sky is some weird metallic looking surface, the train's colors are all skewed, the rails of the track aren't the right color, the walls of the sky look like really dark, stormy clouds, and the only right color is the track itself and I think the supports. Can anybody tell me what I deleted? Or what I can do?